Lady&#39;s garment



Oct. 31, 1967 A. N. HALL 3,349,409

LADY'S GARMENT 2 Sheets$heet 1 Filed March 1, 1965 INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEYS Oct. 31. 1967 A. N. HALL 3,349,409

LADY'S GARMENT Filed March 1; 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR. AL/CENORMAN HA LL W 17, y w i a? AT TORNEMYS United States Patent Office3,349,409 LADYS GARMENT Alice Norman Hall, Minneapolis, Minn., assignorto Munsingwear, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation of DelawareFiled Mar. 1, 1965, Ser. No. 436,100 Claims. (Cl. 274) ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A ladys garment completely enclosed and having a relativelylarge neck opening so that the garment can easily be slipped on over thewearers head. The garment further has longitudinal folds extending fromapproximately the shoulders of the garment down the front at either sideof the neck opening, and wing-shaped members spaced outwardly from thefolds toward the sides of the garment, which wing-shaped members areadapted to be folded around the front of the garment and held in placeby a belt. The wing-shaped members urge the folds inwardly toward theneck of the wearer to reduce the size of the neck opening toapproximately the size of the neck of the wearer. The folds andwing-shaped members completely close the garment so there is nopossibility of undesirable openings therethrough.

This invention pertains to a new and improved ladys garment and moreparticularly to a ladys garment such as a robe, pajamas, or the likewhich does not have a large number of buttons or zippers and whichcloses without leaving gaping holes therein.

In prior art lounging robes and the like which have a fitted waistportion the garment is generally constructed to open in the front sothat the garment may be readily slipped on after which the opening is atleast partially closed by buttons or the like. One of the majordisadvantages in garments of this type lies in the fact that largegaping holes are left between the buttons closing the opening. Also,this cannot readily be remedied by increasing the amount of buttons oradding a zipper since the additional buttons or the zipper are a greatinconvenience.

The present garment has a new and novel pattern which adds to theover-all appearance and which is an improvement over the prior artsince, once the garment is closed, there are no gaping openings or thelike. Also, the garment does not have buttons, zippers, or the like toinconvenience the wearer in donning the garment.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved ladysgarment.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a ladysgarment which is easily slipped on without the inconvenience of buttons,zippers, and the like and which does not have gaping holes therein.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improvedladys garment which has a new and novel appearance thereto.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent to thoseskilled in the art upon consideration of the accompanying specification,claims, and drawings.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like characters indicate like partsthroughout the figures:

FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention in the closed position;

FIG. 2 is a back view of the present invention in the closed position;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the present invention in an open position;

FIG. 4 is a back view of the present invention in an open position;

3,349,409 Patented Oct. 31, 1967 FIG. 5 is a sectional view of thepresent invention taken along the line 5-5 \of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a modification of the pres n invention, partsthereof broken away;

FIG. 7 is a pattern of one of the side panels;

FIG. 8 is a pattern of a front portion including the front of thesleeve; and

FIG. 9 is a pattern of a back portion, back portion of the sleeve.

Referring to the figures and especially FIGS. 79 the assembly of thegarment, shown assembled in FIGS. 1-5, will be explained. FIGS. 79 arepatterns of a panel 10 and front and back sections 11 and 12 making up aportion of the waist having a sleeve therein. It should be understoodthat panel 10 and sections 11 and 12 only make up one-half of thegarment and three more somewhat similar pieces are required for theother one-half. The parts of the garment are numbered so that thepatterns of FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 make up the right half of the garment andsimilar parts in the left half are given similar numbers with a primefor ease in explanation.

The panel 10 has a vertical, substantially straight left edge 13, whichextends somewhat more than one-half the length thereof. A right edge 15is also straight and approximately the same length as the edge 13 but itis canted slightly outwardly from edge 13 at the top. A lower edge 17between edge 13 and edge 15 is cut somewhat on a bias upwardly from edge13 to edge 15 and is rounded or somewhat convex in a downward direction.An edge 28 extending from the upper extremity of edge 13 is a diagonalor truncated line extending to a point nearly Vertically above the edge15. A curved edge 31 extends upwardly from the upper extremity of edge15 and the upper extremity of edge 31 is connected to the upperextremity of edge 28 by an edge 30 which is approximately perpendicularto edge 28. It should be understood that the edges explained can varyslightly and still be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to panel 10 in FIG. 7 the left-hand edge 13, which isapproximately straight and extends somewhat more than one-half thelength of the panel 10 is sewed to a similar edge on a second panel toproduce the seam 14 in the back of the garment, shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.4. The right-hand edge 15 of panel 10 which is approximately straightand extends about the same distance along the length of panel 10 as edge13, is sewed to a similar edge on the second panel to produce a seam 16,shown in FIG. 3. When the two panels 10 are sewed together along theedges 13 and 15 a somewhat tubularshaped skirt portion is produced. Thelower edge 17 of panel 10 is cut upwardly on a bias from edge 13 to edge15 and in the assembled garment has a hem sewed therein which is thelower edge of the garment. The edge 17 is cut on a bias so that the backof the garment hangs lower than the front of the garment to provide foreasy walking therein.

In FIG. 8 section 11 is a somewhat L-shaped section with the long arm ofthe L forming the front portion of the sleeve and the short arm of the Lforming a portion of the waist of the garment. An edge 20 which is theupper edge of section 11 also forms one edge of the long arm of the L.The other edge of the long arm and one edge of the short arm of the Lare formed by a curved edge 22. The left extremities of edges 20 and 22are joined by an edge which forms one-half of the cuif of the sleeve. Asubstantially straight, vertical right edge 37 is joined to the rightextremity of edge 20 at its upper extremity and the lower extremity ofedge 37 is joined to the lower or right extremity of edge 22 by an edge26 to form the remainder of the short arm of the L.

In FIG. 9 section 12 is a somewhat L-shaped section including the withthe long arm of the L forming the back portion of the sleeve and theshort arm of the L forming approximately one-half of the back of thewaist of the garment. An edge 21 which is the lower edge of section 12also forms one edge of the long arm of the L and mates with the edge ofsection 11 to form the upper part of a sleeve and a shoulder of thegarment. The other edge of the long arm and one edge of the short arm ofthe L are formed by a curved edge 23 which mates with edge 22 of section11 to form the under portion of the sleeve. The left extremities ofedges 21 and 23 are joined by an edge which forms one-half of the cuffof the sleeve. A substantially straight, vertical right edge 24 isjoined to the right extremity of edge 21 at its lower extremity and theupper extremity of edge 24 is joined to the upper or right extremity ofedge 23 by a downwardly curved edge 27 to form the remainder of theshort arm of the L.

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9 the upper edge 20 of the front section 11 andthe lower edge 21 of the back section 12 are sewed together and thelower curved edge 22 of section 11 is sewed to the upper curved edge 23of section 12 to provide a first waist portion having a sleeve therein.The connection of edges 22 and 23 produce a seam designated 19. A secondwaist portion is provided in a similar manner and the two portions aresewed together along the right-hand edge 24 of section 12. Theconnection of the two waist portions along the edge 24 of the section 12produces a seam 25, which can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 4.

The lower straight edge 26 of the front section 11 and the upper curvededge 27 of the back section 12 are sewed to the truncated edge 28 ofpanel 10 so that the back seam of the waist is in a straight line withthe back seam 14 of the skirt. The connection of the edges 26, 27 and 28form a seam 29, which can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 4. In a similar fashionthe edges of the other portion of the waist are connected to the edge ofthe other panel.

The extreme upper straight edge 30 of panel 10 is folded underneath andsewed along and parallel with the edge 28 of panel 10, as shown in FIGS.1 and 3. The curved edge 31 of panel 10 is sewed to produce the boundedge 32 which, in combination with its counterpart 32, provides the neckopening of the garment. By turning the edge 30 under, as illustrated inbroken lines in FIG. 7, and sewing it to the edge 28 a longitudinal fold33, beginning at the utmost extremity of edge 28, is naturally producedin the garment. The longitudinal fold 33 extends approximately thelength of the garment and one fold is situated on each side of the neckopening. The fold 33 serves to close the neck opening when the garmentis in the closed position, as can be seen in FIG. 1. The fold 33 furtheradds to the over-all appearance of the garment.

A first wing-shaped member 35 is produced by folding the garmentlongitudinally and taking a few stitches 36 in the fold approximately atthe waist line, as shown in FIG. 5. The wing-shaped fold 35 is such thatthe remaining side 37 of the front section 11 can be sewed to theremaining portion of the truncated edge 28. The connection of the edge37 with the edge 28 forms a seam 38, shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Thewing-shaped member 35 extends approximately the length of the garmentand is parallel to the fold 33. Also, the wing-shaped member 35 isbetween the fold 33 and the side of the garment. When the garment isopen, as shown in FIG. 3, the wingshaped member 35 extends laterallyoutwardly to substantially a point 39 at the waist line of the garment.

Sewcd to the point 39 of the wing-shaped member 35 is a belt section 40.A similar belt section 40 is sewed to the point 39 of the otherwing-shaped member 35. The belt sections 49 and 40' are each of asufficient length to encircle the wearer approximately once. A smallbelt receiving aperture 41 is cut in the fold of the right wingshapedmember 35. The aperture 41 is out where the fold is sewed, as shown inFIG. 5, for convenience in assembling the garment. It should beunderstood that the aperture 41 could be cut in either of thewing-shaped members 35 or 35' and the garment would give the sameappearance.

A band 42 is connected to the inside of the garment at the seams 19 and19 so that the band 42 and the belt sections 40 and 40 are approximatelyin a straight line. The band 42 partially encircles the wearer along theback and acts as an anchor for the belt. Thus, when the belt is pulledabout the wearer the attached ends of the belt pull on the band 42rather than on the garment and the garment is not deformed along theback.

To don the garment the wearer may put her head into the neck opening andher arms through the sleeves, from the bottom, and pull the garment downor the wearer may step into the neck opening and pull the garment upover the shoulders after the arms are placed in the sleeves. Once thegarment is on it is closed by placing the belt section 40' through thebelt receiving aperture 41 after which the wing-shaped member 35 ispulled against the body and the wing-shaped member 35 is placed in apartially overlying position, as shown in FIG. 1. Each section of thebelt 40 and 40 encircles the wearer approximately once and the belt istied in a bow in the front. It should be understood that means otherthan the belt sections 40 and 40' might be utilized to maintain thegarment in the closed position.

In FIG. 6 a ladys garment, which may be utilized as a pajama or thelike, is illustrated which is similar to the garment illustrated in FIG.1 except that the skirt portion is not tubular but has a pair of legs.The garment shown in FIG. 6 is fashioned like the previously describedgarment except that the panel 10 and its mate 10, shown in FIG. 7, arecut as shown by the dotted lines rather than the full lines. It can beseen from the dotted lines in FIG. 7 that the edges 13 and 15 areextended outwardly while the edge 17 has much less bias to the cutthereof. Also, the lower portions of the edges 28 and 31 have anadditional slope which comprises the crotch or the junction between thetwo legs of the garment. In the garment shown in FIG. 6 the edges 13 and15 of each of the panels are sewed together to form a leg and the twolegs are joined at the crotch portion. The remainder of the garmentshown in FIG. 6 is similar to the garment shown in the other figures.

Thus, I have disclosed a ladys garment which may be utilized as a robe,pajama, or the like with the waist portion being fitted and which is animprovement over the prior art since it is easy to put on and has nobuttons, zippers, or the like. Also, the ladys garment described doesnot have gaping holes therein but is a completely enclosed garment forlounging therein. In addition to the above advantages the presentlydisclosed ladys garment has a pleasing and novel over-all appearance.

While I have shown and described a specific embodiment of thisinvention, further modifications and improvements will occur to thoseskilled in the art. I desire it to be understood, therefore, that thisinvention is not limited to the particular form shown and I intend inthe appended claims to cover all modifications which do not depart fromthe spirit and scope of this invention.

I claim 1. A ladys garment comprising:

(a) first and second cloth portions having sleeves therein connectedtogether along one edge thereof to form a fitted back of a waistportion;

(b) first and second cloth panels connected together along front andback longitudinal edges to form a substantially tubular-shaped skirtportion, the upper edges of said panels being connected to matchingedges of said first and second portions to form a front of said waistportion with a relatively large neck opening therein, and a portion ofeach of said cloth panels being folded in overlying relationship withpart of the remainder of the associated panel and connected along amating upper edge of the associated panel and the folded portion thereofthereby causing said garment to have a longitudinal fold at either sideof the neck opening which folds extend substantially the length of thegarment;

((1) closing means attached to said left and right wingshaped membersfor maintaining said garment in the closed position, said wing-shapedmembers urging and either side of the neck opening which folds extendsubstantially the length of the garment;

(c) left and right wing-shaped members extending generally parallel tosaid longitudinal folds between said (c)) left and right wing-shapedmembers extending 5 longitudinal folds and the side of the garment, onegenerally parallel to said longitudinal folds between of saidwing-shaped members being formed from said longitudinal folds and theside of the garment, parts of said first portions and panels and theother one of said wing-shaped members being formed from of saidwing-shaped members being formed from parts of said first portions andpanels and the other parts of said second portions and panels, saidwingof said wing-shaped members being formed from 10 shaped membersextending laterally outwardly to subparts of said second portions andpanels, said wingstantially a point at approximately the waist lineshaped members extending laterally outwardly to when said garment isopen and crossing in a partially substantially a point at approximatelythe waist line overlying position when said garment is closed; when saidgarment is open and crossing in a partially (d) left and right beltsections attached to the points overlying position when said garment isclosed; and of said left and right wing-shaped members for maintainingsaid garment in the closed position, said sections each being ofsufficient length to substantially encircle the wearer once; and

holding said longitudinal folds into a position wherein the neck of awearer is encircled and the neck opening is reduced in size toapproximately the size of the neck of the wearer.

2. The ladys garment substantially as described in claim 1 and having inaddition the bottom edges of the first and second cloth panels cut on abias so the front lower edge of the assembled garment is higher than theback lower edge.

3. The ladys garment substantially as described in claim 1 wherein thefront and back longitudinal edges forming the tubular skirt areconnected together on each panel to form legs and a portion of thelongitudinal edges are connected together to form a crotch portion.

4. A ladys garment comprising:

(a) first and second cloth portions having sleeves (e) one of saidwing-shaped members having a belt receiving aperture therethroughadjacent the base thereof for receiving the belt section attached totheother wing-shaped member therethrough to allow the belt section tosubstantially encircle the wearer when the garment is in the closedposition, said wingshaped member urging and holding said longitudinalfolds into a position wherein the neck of a wearer is encircled and theneck opening is reduced in size to approximately the size of the neck ofthe wearer.

5. The ladys garment substantially as described in claim 4 and having inaddition a band partially encircling the waist line along the back ofthe wearer for preventing the belt sections from being pulled so tightlyas to deform the back of said garment.

therein connected together along one edge thereof to References Citedform a fitted back Of a waist pOTtiOIl; UNITED STATES PATENTS (b) firstand second cloth panels connected together along front and backlongitudinal edges .to form a l gi substantially tubular-shaped skirtportion, the upper 2324371 7/1943 g gg edges of said panels belngconnected to the remam- 2:385:871 10/1945 Hebert 2 71 ing edges of saidfirst and second portions to form a front of said waist portion with arelatively large neck opening therein, and a portion of each of saidcloth panels being folded in overlying relationship with part of theremainder of the associated panel and connected along a mating upperedge of the associated panel and the folded portion thereof therebycausing said garment to have a longitudinal fold at FOREIGN PATENTS631,292 6/1936 Germany.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

H. H. HUNTER, Assistant Examiner.

1. A LADY''S GARMENT COMPRISING: (A) FIRST AND SECOND CLOTH PORTIONSHAVING SLEEVES THEREIN CONNECTED TOGETHER ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF TO FORMA FITTED BACK OF A WAIST PORTION; (B) FIRST AND SECOND CLOTH PANELSCONNECTED TOGETHER ALONG FRONT AND BACK LONGITUDINAL EDGES TO FORM ASUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR-SHAPED SKIRT PORTION, THE UPPER EDGES OF SAIDPANELS BEING CONNECTED TO MATCHING EDGES OF SAID FIRST AND SECONDPORTIONS TO FORM A FRONT OF SAID WAIST PORTION WITH A RELATIVELY LARGENECK OPENING THEREIN, AND A PORTION OF EACH OF SAID CLOTH PANELS BEINGFOLDED IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH PART OF THE REMAINDER OF THEASSOCIATED PANEL AND CONNECTED ALONG A MATING UPPER EDGE OF THEASSOCIATED PANEL AND THE FOLDED PORTION THEREOF THEREBY CAUSING SAIDGARMENT TO HAVE A LONGITUDINAL FOLD AT EITHER SIDE OF THE NECK OPENINGWHICH FOLDS EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF THE GARMENT; (C) LEFT ANDRIGHT WING-SHAPED MEMBERS EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAIDLONGITUDINAL FOLDS BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL FOLDS AND THE SIDE OF THEGARMENT, ONE OF SAID WING-SHAPED MEMBERS BEING FORMED FROM PARTS OF SAIDFIRST PORTIONS AND PANELS AND THE OTHER OF SAID WING-SHAPED MEMBERSBEING FORMED FROM PARTS OF SAID SECOND PORTIONS AND PANELS, SAIDWINGSHAPED MEMBERS EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY TO SUBSTANTIALLY APOINT AT APPROXIMATELY THE WAIST LINE WHEN SAID GARMENT IS OPEN ANDCROSSING IN A PARTIALLY OVERLYING POSITION WHEN SAID GARMENT IS CLOSED;AND (D) CLOSING MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID LEFT AND RIGHT WINGSHAPED MEMBERSFOR MAINTAINING SAID GARMENT IN THE CLOSED POSITION, SAID WING-SHAPEDMEMBERS URGING AND HOLDING SAID LONGITUDINAL FOLDS INTO A POSITIONWHEREIN THE NECK OF A WEARER IS ENCIRCLED AND THE NECK OPENING ISREDUCED IN SIZE TO APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF THE NECK OF THE WEARER.